Telephone-receiver support.



' P. s. MAXWELL.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER SUPPORT. APPLICATION TILED MAY 11, 1912.

1,056, 96 Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFF oE.

FRANK S. MAXWELL, OF LIBERTY, ILLINOIS.

. TELEPHONE-RECEIVER sUProm.

Specification of Letters Patent. l atented Mai-.18,

Application filed May 11,1912. Serial no. 696,696.

Beit known that I, FRANK S. MAXWELL, a citizenof the United States, residing at Liberty, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Telephone-Receiver Supports; and I do hereby declare the'fol a telephone receiverin such a position that it may be moved or swung upon'a suitable arm into a positionin front of the ear of the person talking intothe transmitter of'a telephone, and be supported independently of the speaker and at the same time so sus-- tained that it may be readily swung backwardly out of operative position, in'such manner that the weight thereofwill engage and operate the control switch of the instrument to open the circuit.

A further object is to construct a deviceof this character comprising a minimum number of parts of simple formation and so arranged and attached to a desk telephone that when the movable arm which carries the receiver is swung into operative or inoperative position,'the equilibrium ofthe .telephone'will not be upset.

, Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made mote clearly apparent, attention being now directed to the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 represents a rear elevation of a telephone of the ordinary construction with my receiver support applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the telephone and receiver support, showing the swinging arm of the support swung into operative position. Fig. 3 shows several views in detail of the hooked end of a bracket constructed in accordance with my invention, and the bolt and nut for securing the swinging arm over said bracket, and, Fig. 4 shows a modification of the lower endof the bracket member which is adapted for use in connection with telephones of a different construct-lOH.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the usual standard carrying the base 2 at the lower end thereof, and the bolt 3 at the upper end thereof for pivotally supporting the transmitter. l

L indicates a bracket rigidly securedadjacent the lower end thereof to the standard 1 upon the-bolt 3, the extreme lower end of said bracket being forked as'sho'wn at 5 for engagement around said standard. Adjacent lheconnection of said bracket with said standard, the former is bent outwardly from said standard,- and then downwardly into close relationwith theoutwardly extending portion, but spaced from the latter, while the extreme outerend of said bracket is curved outwardly and terminates adjacent the front end of the mouth piece 7 in ahooked end S.

The hooked end of said bracket is also slotted as at 9 and adapted to receive therethrough a suitable bolt 10, upon the smooth portion 11- of which is pivotally mounted the swlnging arm 12.

The free end of the swinging arm l2'is looped and provided witha suitable clamping bolt 18, for clamping said looped end over the central portionof the receiver 14 of the telephone. Said swinging arm is also suitably curved in order that the same when swung downwardly will engage and depress the control switch 15..

It will be clearly apparentthatby bending the bracket at as shown at 6, the-tenden cy of the telephone to tilt when the swinging arm 12 is swung to its outward position will be overcome. It will be'fu'rther apparent that by bending the bracket lt-as shown zit-'6, the shock, or jar caused by the swinging arm 12 engaging the hook 8 when said swinging. arm is thrown into operative position, will .be absorbed'by said bent portion'6 of the bracket.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a slight modification of the lower end of the 'bracket member 4:, whereby said arm may be rigidly secured to a stahdard which is not provided with a bolt 01' the like In this form of my invention, I fork the lower end of the bracket 4% and provide a clamping member 16 which is adaptedto cooperate with said forked end to securely clamp said bracket upon the standard.

lVhat- I claim.is:,- 1. The combination with a desk telephone; of a bracket rigidly secured to the upper portion of said telephone, said bracket being extended outwardly in a horizontal plane from said telephone, bent upon itself and 1 eemieetien betweensaid swinging arm zine. til (Jpkiiu end of said bracket, and means cal. ed by the free end of said swing;- irw arm for engaging and supporting a receivei".

The combination with a desk telephone; 9 bracket rigidly secured at one'end to the ner portion of said telephone and extended mitwzu'diy therefrom, the central portion 01" said bracket being bent into a horizontal position and into spaced relation With said outwardiy extended portion and having its tree end hooked, 21 swinging arm a pivotal csnnection between said swinging: arm and the necked end of said bracket, 111d means 1 name to this specification in the presence of 29 two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK S. ii/iiAXvi 'ELi-i.

Witnesses REUBEN liiAXWELL, MIN NIB E. l JXNN, 

